Slot-machine.



Ex SPIEGEL.

SLOT MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, 1909.

1L 9 1i 9 2 m 3 W I d w n w a p A TTOR NE Y.

WITNESSES: A

25 age of merchandise and expelllng it from EDWARD SPIEGEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SLOT-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. P hgntigd M13 11. 29, 1914).

Application filed May 13, 1909. Serial lilo. acacia.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD SPIEGEL, a

citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Slot-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

' M inventionrelates to machines of the kin by which chewing-gum, confectionery, and other merchandise in small ackages of uniform size, is delivered by mec anism controlled'by the deposit of a coin or check, or similar token, in a designated receptacle in the anachine. I

The object of iny invention is to produce a machine of the kind referred to which shall be small and compact, simple in mechanism and reliable in operation, and which is readily accessible in all its a parts for emptying and refilling it or for clearing itof obstructions. v

One feature of construction and operation by which I attain the object designated, is an arrangement by which the coin itself is utilized as the device for engaging a packtheholder in which the supply of packages is held.

' 'panying drawings,

tion of the Another feature of the machine consists in the use of a detent cooperating directly with the coin to prevent retrograde movement of the coin before the completion of the package-expelling -hovement.

Other features of the invention will be pointed out in connection with the descripreferred embodiment of the i11- vention, which is illustrated in the accom In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical median section of the machine, looking from left to right, and. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the machine.

: The working. parts of the illustrated embodiment of my invention are inclosed in a casing 1, which is removably secured to a fiat back 2. The back may be secured, by

any convenient means, to a wall, the back of a theater 'seat, or anyother convenient place.

As a.convenient means for securing the casing to the back, I provide the sides of the casing, near the top, with inwardlyproject ing pins. 3, which engage inclined slots formed in two flanges 4 at the lateral edges.

of the back. The casing and the back are secured together near the bottom also, by a bolt 5, which is passed transversely through the sides of the casing and through perforated ears 6 on the back 2. A hole 7 in the end of the bolt receives a suitable lock or seal, and when the bolt is thus secured in holder 8 which mounted within the cas- 55 ing and fixed at the frontthereof. This holder is open at the top andthe back to facilitate the insertion of packages therein, but has inwardly extending flanges 9 at the back to retain the packages. The stack is supported by the lowermost package 10 which rests, at its ends, upon inwardly extending horizontal flanges 11. Between these flanges 11, the bottom of the holder is open to perinit the engagement of the coin with the package, as described later.

The coin is actuated, in expelling a package, by a coin-carrier consisting of a horizontal bar 12 provided with a vertical slot- 13. Thisbar is mounted on the lower end 30 of a depending arm 14., which is pivoted in the side of the casing, and is connected with a knob 15 outside of the casing. A wire spring 16 normally holds the arm 14 in forward position, as shown in the drawings, '3'

but when the knob is turned in the direction indicated by the arrows in the drawings,- the coin carrier is moved beneath the stack holder and rearwardly, to the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. l.

In the operation of the machine a coin is inserted, through an opening 17 at the front of the machine, in a short vertical coinchute 18, and the coin falls to the bottom of this chute.

slot 13 in the coin-carrier. The knob 45 isthen turned, and the coin-carrier moves the engages the lowermost package 10, and too thereby cxpcls 1t from the rear of the stack holder and into a chutcQO, by which it is delivered at the front of the machine, through, an opening 21 therein. V /hen the coin reaches the position shown at 19 in Fig. 1, it 105 falls into a s ace 22, between the chute and the'walls of t 1e casing.

During the movement above described, the coin is supported in proper position in the coin parrier by a. coin support in theme In falling, the coin' entersthe form of a horizontal arm 23, extendingrear- Wardly from the front of the casing. in order to prevent retrograde movement of the coin, before the package is completely expelled, the upper surface of the coin support is notched to form detents, as shown in Fig. ,1, and these detents cooperate directly with the edge of the coin. This prevents fraudulent operation of the machine, since, in the absence of such a device, it might be possible by a quick, short movement of the coin holder and the coin, to expel a package without moving the coin to the end of the coin support, and the coin could then be returned to 1tsor1gmal posl- 1 tion so as to engage a second package, instead of falling into the coin receptacle 22.

hen it is necessary to refill the machine, the casing is removed from the back. and access is thus afiorded to the stack holder. To remove the coins from the coin receptacle the chute QO/InList be removed, and the chute is therefore secured in place by means permitting its ready removal. To this end.

the lower end of the chute is provided with a lip 24, which hooks over the lower edge of the opening 21. The upper end of the chute has an up .vardly extending iip 25, which is engaged by a plate 26. '1 lie plate slides vertically between the flanges '9 on the stack holder, and guides 27 fixed to the sides of the stack holder. Upon raising the plate 20 the chute may be disengaged at both ends and removed from the casing.

It Will be noted that the meelnmism of this machine is extremely simple, as it comprises only What is, operativc a single moving part, and the machine is thus inexpensive to construct and not liable to derangement. By the use of the knob and depending arm to actuate the coin-carrier, in, place of the usual slide or plunger, the mechanism is rendered very compact, so that the machine is adapted for use in thecoin-ca rrier aters or other places Where only a limited amount of space is available.

Various modifications may be made in the en'ibodimeut of my invention hereiubetore described without departure from. the nature of the invention as defined in the 't'ollou ing claiu'is.

I claim:

1. A coincontrollcd vending machine comprising a back, a casing removably secured thereto, a stack-holder mounted in and fixed to the casing. mechanism mounted in and carried by the casing for expelling a package from the bottom of the siackgp the stack-holder, said mechanism in {Kipling a movable beneath ti t 'slacle holder, and a curved chute extending from the rear of the bottom of the stack-holder to the [rout of the casing, the clinic constituting, with the walls of the casing, a reeep tacle for coins and beingrcmorahle to re move the coins from said receptacle.

A coin-c u1trollcd vending machine comprising a back, a casing remo ably secured thereto, a stack-holder mounted in and fixed to thecasiug, mechanism mounted in and carried by the casing for expelling a package lt'roni the bottom of the stack in the stack-holder, said mechanism including a eoiircarrier movable beneath the stacle holder, a curved chute extending from the rear of the bottom of the stack-holder to the front of the casing, the chute constituting, with the walls of the casing a receptacle for coins and being removable to remove the coins from said receptacle, and a short notched arm attached to the interior of the casing bclov; the C(Ill'l-(ftlllil' and supporting the coin, its notches forming detents to prevent retrograde movement of the coin. EDlVA l) SP1 EGEL. In the presence o'li CLAnsNcn G. GALs'roN, F. B. 1101'. 

